Robert Peter Baker Collection 1908-1948

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Robert Peter Baker Collection 1908-1948

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/b/baker_rp.htm

Biographical material, photographs, drawings, published material by or about the American sculptor and artist

1 folder (SC 175)

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6361079

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Baker, Robert P.

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Robert Peter Baker was born in London in 1886. Both his father and grandfather were sculptors, as was his brother Bryant. Baker studied at Lambeth School of Art, the City and Guild Technical Institute, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, becoming especially adept at Gothic church architectural sculpture; many restored English cathedrals show his skill, among them Beverly Minster and Selby Abbey, both in Yorkshire. He was also talented in drawing; in 1917 he collaborated with Ja...